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Victory and podium in Velopark

Lucas Degen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:17:51 +0000

Four drivers from the Roaring Pipes Maniacs were present at the Velopark circuit in Brazil for the first round of the RDOWC, a new championship on Game Stock Car with Reiza’s excellent Formula 3 cars. 50 minutes of racing on the very short circuit, which was driven in the 2011 layout, were planned.

Team co-founder Bram Hengeveld enters the series with the #27 car after good results in several club races. After making his RPM return in the stock car league, Robert Wiesenmüller is looking forward to his first open-wheeler league ever. The “Filming Finn” Jari Vinnari has entered too, and as a positive surprise, Ingemar Petersson has now also bought the game and joins the league with the #90 car.

Qualifying results were mixed for the RPM crew. Wiesenmüller was the fastest of the team, taking 6th position with Hengeveld directly behind him. Bram’s position is even more impressive considering he had no practice on the track before. Vinnari and Petersson were not too lucky, taking 20th and 24th respectively.

The start of the race was messy, with Alexander Lauritzen spinning in the first chicane and Wiesenmüller and Hengeveld both touching the Dane’s car.
Hengeveld was struggling with a damaged front wing while Wiesenmüller, who got away without damage, was involved in a battle with Simon Kilov for 3rd, lasting for almost half the race with several passes.
Most of the drivers decided to go for a pitstop, but not Wiesenmüller and Kilov who were fighting for the lead. However on the small track, lapping other drivers proved to be difficult and both Robert and Simon were involved in incidents. Eventually Simon Kilov crossed the line first, with Wiesenmüller second, Luding in third, Lins fourth and Hengeveld fifth.

But the race was not over. There were several complaints about cutting drivers after the race, and eventually Kilov and Luding were hit by a time penalty while Lins was outright disqualifyed. This meant that Robert Wiesenmüller took the win, the first league win since 2008 for the German driver. Bram Hengeveld was also promoted to the podium on 3rd, with Jari Vinnari 12th and Ingemar Petersson 13th, both just missing out on points.

Quotes:
Robert Wiesenmüller: “Delighted to take the win. It’s been awhile. I feel sorry for Simon Kilov, he gave me an excellent fight on track, but the rules have been very clear about cutting.”

Bram Hengeveld: “The race itself was pretty okay. Decided to make a pitstop halfway but i am not sure that is the way to go.”

Results:
1. Robert WIESENMÜLLER
2. Simon KILOV
3. Bram HENGEVELD
…
12. Jari VINNARI
13. Ingemar PETERSSON

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Victory and podium in the RDOWC

Lucas Degen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:43:25 +0000

Victory and podium in the RDOWC

Four drivers from the Roaring Pipes Maniacs were present at the Velopark circuit in Brazil for the first round of the RDOWC, a new championship on Game Stock Car with Reiza’s excellent Formula 3 cars. 50 minutes of racing on the very short circuit, which was driven in the 2011 layout, were planned.

Team co-founder Bram Hengeveld enters the series with the #27 car after good results in several club races. After making his RPM return in the stock car league, Robert Wiesenmüller is looking forward to his first open-wheeler league ever. The “Filming Finn” Jari Vinnari has entered too, and as a positive surprise, Ingemar Petersson has now also bought the game and joins the league with the #90 car.

Qualifying results were mixed for the RPM crew. Wiesenmüller was the fastest of the team, taking 6th position with Hengeveld directly behind him. Bram’s position is even more impressive considering he had no practice on the track before. Vinnari and Petersson were not too lucky, taking 20th and 24th respectively.

The start of the race was messy, with Alexander Lauritzen spinning in the first chicane and Wiesenmüller and Hengeveld both touching the Dane’s car.
Hengeveld was struggling with a damaged front wing while Wiesenmüller, who got away without damage, was involved in a battle with Simon Kilov for 3rd, lasting for almost half the race with several passes.
Most of the drivers decided to go for a pitstop, but not Wiesenmüller and Kilov who were fighting for the lead. However on the small track, lapping other drivers proved to be difficult and both Robert and Simon were involved in incidents. Eventually Simon Kilov crossed the line first, with Wiesenmüller second, Luding in third, Lins fourth and Hengeveld fifth.

But the race was not over. There were several complaints about cutting drivers after the race, and eventually Kilov and Luding were hit by a time penalty while Lins was outright disqualifyed. This meant that Robert Wiesenmüller took the win, the first league win since 2008 for the German driver. Bram Hengeveld was also promoted to the podium on 3rd, with Jari Vinnari 12th and Ingemar Petersson 13th, both just missing out on points.

Quotes:
Robert Wiesenmüller: “Delighted to take the win. It’s been awhile. I feel sorry for Simon Kilov, he gave me an excellent fight on track, but the rules have been very clear about cutting.”

Bram Hengeveld: “The race itself was pretty okay. Decided to make a pitstop halfway but i am not sure that is the way to go.”

Results:
1. Robert WIESENMÜLLER
2. Simon KILOV
3. Bram HENGEVELD
…
12. Jari VINNARI
13. Ingemar PETERSSON

Championship standings:
1. Robert WIESENMÜLLER – 25 points
2. Simon KILOV – 18 points
3. Bram HENGEVELD – 15 points

SPA the final

Lucas Degen — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:33:59 +0000

Spa Francorchamps is where we are at for the final STC Blue Cup race. After nein races leading the championship we are now two points ahead of the leader; Flat Out Racing.

Let’s hope for the best.

Q: Mike Simian (Flat Out Racing) did a 2:11.932 a one second faster then #2 Marco Giuliato. #6 Hannu Karesola #7 Marcin Skrzypczak

Lap 1 – Here we go
1. Mike Simian
2. Ben Tusting
3. Marco Giuliato
4. Luca Dafarra
5. Kevin Clark
6. Marcin Skrzypczak
7. Hannu Karesola
8. Mikael Hellen

Lap 2 – We have a dry race in Belgium. Blue sky in the Blue Cup
Lap 3 – P5 Marcin Skrzypczak P 7 Hannu Karesola
Lap 4 – Marcin Skrzypczak chasing down Kevin Clark for P4, Marcin fighting with his car.
Lap 5 – Kevin Clark to P3, Marcin Skrzypczak on the tail of Marco Giuliato
Lap 6 – Marcin Skrzypczak passed Marco Giuliato for P4
Lap 7 – Big crash in Eau Rouge Hugo Hekkenberg out of the race.
Lap 9 – Marco Giuliato having engine problems, smoke coming out.
Lap 10 – Hannu Karesola pitten for new tires. Hannu Karesola in P12 now.
Lap 12 – Other teams are pitting now.
Lap 13 – Luca Dafarra hit the wall in the pit. P4 Marcin Skrzypczak P8 Hannu Karesola
Lap 15 – Marco Giuliato is still smoking. Marcin Skrzypczak crashed in Eau Rouge. Lost the back wing.
Lap 16 – Marcin Skrzypczak hit the wall, trying to get back to the pit. Missed the pit. Marcin Skrzypczak P16.
Lap 19 – Stop and go for Marcin Skrzypczak
Lap 22 – Hannu Karesola in P5, Marcin Skrzypczak in P14. Go Marcin Skrzypczak we can still win.
Lap 25 -Hannu Karesola in P4, Marcin Skrzypczak in P11. We need a miracle.
Lap 31 – Stop and go for Marcin Skrzypczak
Lap 35 – Six minutes to go in the Blue Cup 2011 Simracing Team Challenge. Hannu Karesola 4, Marcin Skrzypczak 11
Lap 38 – Last lap Mike Simian wins. Marcin Skrzypczak overtaking two cars.
Congratulations to Flat Out Club

We are having a beer for being second in the Championship.

On to the next season.

Simracing Points & Action: SPA the final race in STC

Lucas Degen — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:30:19 +0000

What a season it is. Leading the whole STC Blue Cup with only one win. Losing the lead in the Simracing Team Challenge by three point since the wet Le Mans. Where all team got 50% of there points because of a server error. We are looking at the most important race of this year so far. The last race in the Simracing Team Challenge Blue Cup. Wil Flat Out take another win and the championship? Or wil RPM, The Roaring Pipes Maniacs win and have a big party and drink Belgium beers afterwards? For now all we can do is wait.

Le Mans, Le Race, Le Fight from Le Back & Le Error

Lucas Degen — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:15:48 +0000

Here we go at Le Mans, in France. A few day’s after the real race on Le Mans. Bad news for our team; we’re starting from the back because of a human error in our team. With four point ahead of the Flat Out Racing team, and two races to go. This will be the most important race of the season.

Lap 1 – Mikko Korkiakoski (Flat Out Racing) in the lead, Rami Kaukola already 14 and Hannu Karesola 11.
Lap 2 – Rami Kaukola P9 and Hannu Karesola P8 great work guys.
Lap 3 – Rami Kaukola flying over the track and overtaking the field. Antonio Cambria pushing of Rami Kaukola. Rami Kaukola fighting back.
Lap 4 – Rami Kaukola and Hannu Karesola flying! Rami in P5 Hannu Karesola in P7
Lap 5 – Hannu Karesola overtaking Harald Stadler on the outside. What? sorry I missed Hannu Karesola overtaking Jakob de Boer..
Lap 6 – Rami Kaukola 3th! after six laps in wet. Hannu Karesola in forth. Flat Out in front of us.
Lap 7 – Rami Kaukola doing the fastest lap of the race, and Hannu Karesola with the fastest lap now with 3:56.901
Lap 8 – DISASTER: Risto Kappet, Rami Kaukola, Hannu Karesola out of the race. Error on the server.
Lap 9 – Red flag; race being stopped. Good decision by the STC team management
Lap 10 – There will be a restart of the race.

21:57 – Waiting for news from the STC management.
22:09 – It seems the race is stopped, black flag and there will be no restart. Raceresult is taking for lap7 and we will get 50% points.

Round 7 – Autodrom Most – We must keep it cool

Lucas Degen — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:23:17 +0000

With only 3 points infront of The Flat Out Racing team, tonight we hit Most. Rami Kaukola & Hannu Karesola are striking down. Let’s hope we can stay on top in the Simracing Team Challenge which is going to be hard since this is not the best quali for us this cup.

Q 6th Hannu Karesola 14th Rami Kaukola

Lap 1 – Here we go, Ben Tusting leading the race, Jesper in second.

Lap 4 – Hannu Karesola 6th in Rami Kaukola 8th position. Flat Out racing 2th with Kevin Clark and Risto Kappet in 9th position.

Lap 8 - Rami Kaukola dogfighting Martin Kraaijnbrink for P7.

Lap 10 – Rami Kaukola next to Martin Kraaijnbrink but the straight is to short to overtake this lap. Let’s try another one.

Lap 14 – Rami Kaukola passed Martin, Hannu Karesola P6 and Rami Kaukola in 7. Keep it up.

Lap 16 – Risto Kappet from Flat Out Racing pitting.

Lap 17 – Leader Ben Tusting pitting for new tires.

Lap 19 – Goran Johansson leading the race. All alone, no drivers in front or behind him Pitting at lap 20.

Lap 20 - Rami Kaukola P6 & Hannu Karesola P10

Lap 26 – Rami Kaukola dogfighting Flat Out racer Risto Kappet

Lap 32 – Rami Kaukola everywhere overtaking Risto Kappet but Rami went to wide and on the grass.. Risto took back his position. What a fight.

Lap 33 – Risto Kappet spun and hit the wall, back on track in P9. Risto in the pit. Martin out of the race with a engine failure. Risto Kappet out of the race with a engine fire in the pit.

Lap 34 – Rami Kaukola in P5 & Hannu Karesola P6.

Lap 35 – Kevin Clark (Flat Out Racing) drops to P3. Kevin pitting in.

Lap 36 – Hannu Karesola pitting this lap.

Lap 37 – Rami Kaukola pitting this lap. Rami Kaukola getting stop and go: speeding in the pitlane.

Lap 39 – Rami Kaukola out of the pit for his stop and go. Driving in P10.

Lap 40 – Rami Kaukola fighting Jakob de Boer. Left and right.

Lap 42 – Rami Kaukola trying everything to pass Jakob de Boer.

Lap 44 – RPM Sandwich Rami passing on the outside! Rami P8 Hannu Karesola P6

Lap 46 - Rami Kaukola P6 Hannu Karesola P8 but fighting for 7th with Jakob de Boer.

Lap 48 – Problems for Hannu Karesola, dropped to P10..

Lap 53 – Rami spun. Rami at P8 . What a race..

Lap 56 – Last lap, Rami P8, Hannu P10

We hit the warm Bahrain for some hot simracing

Lucas Degen — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:10:34 +0000

So here we go, this is simracing so we can race here unline in real life for Formula One because of the current situation in Bahrain.

So here we go, Flat Out racing is looking good in the warm up, there 1 & 2 we are 3 & 4 so we are in for a exciting race.

Lap 1 – RPM and Flat Out touching. RPM 1 and 2. Flat Out overtaking. RPM 1, Flatout 2, RPM 3, Flat Out 4.

Lap 4 – Mike overtaking Marcin. RPM 3th and 4th.

Lap 5 – Mike and Marcin fighting hard. Flat Out hitting Marcin’s car again.

Lap 8 – 1: Mikko Korkiakoski 2: Mike Simian 3: Marcin Skryzpczak (RPM) 4: Marijn van Bommel 13:Dragos Haba (RPM)

Lap 21 – Marcin 3th position, Dragos fighing back and driving in 8th for the moment.

Lap 34 – Red flag, server error. All drivers to the pit.

More later.

Trois Rivieres with Rami Kaukola and Christopher Aponte

Lucas Degen — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:44:57 +0000

Qualification: Pole for Jesper Taulborg, Rami Kaukola 4th, Christopher Aponte having steering wheel problems, starting 16th.

Jesper Taulborg 0:58.519
Mikko Korkiakoski 0:58.691
Martijn van Bommel 0:58.728
Rami Kaukola 0:58.771
Adam Shaw 0:59.026

Lap 1 – Pacecar doing another lap.
Lap 2 – Crash at the first lap between Jesper Taulborg and Mikko Korkiakoski.
Lap 8 - Mikko Korkiakoski tailing Rami Kaukola while Jesper Taulborg is coming back. What a tight track. Staying cool is key on this track.
Lap 18 – 1: Martijn van Bommel 2: Rami Kaukola 3: Mikko Korkiakoski 4: Adam Shaw 5: Tyler Scurlock
Lap 19 – Mikko Korkiakoski overtaking Rami Kaukola, Rami’s car has got damage on the noise of the car. Long way to go till the end of the race.
Lap 22 – Dark clouds above the track. What will happen when it starts raining on this track.
Lap 28 – First pitstops. Mikko Korkiakoski in.
Lap 30 – Rami Kaukola leading the race, Christopher Aponte 8th.
Lap 35 – Polesitter Jesper Taulborg driving in 18th.
Lap 36 – Rain coming down. Almost the whole field came in for tires. Rami still driving on dry. Rami has got a 16 second lead on Mikko Korkiakoski.
Lap 45 – Raining more and more. Rami Kaukola pitting.
Lap 47 – Now it seems it stopped raining. Just as Rami made his pitstop. Rami hit the wall.
Lap 50 – Tire temperature Rami getting to high, Rami Kaukola pitting again. We made the wrong decision. Pit error, lost another 10 seconds. Rami 8th, Christopher 13.
Lap 55 – Rami Kaukola fighting for 4th place with Adam Shaw. Go Rami.
Lap 56 – Rami Kaukola overtaking Adam Shaw before the last corner. Rami 4th.
Lap 60 – Rami Kaukola dogfighting Tyler Scurlock for 3th position.
Lap 68 - Rami Kaukola in 3th, Christopher Aponte 7th. Track seems dry again. 30 minutes to go. About 30 laps to go.
Lap 79 - Rami Kaukola 4th car heavy damaged. Christopher Aponte defending his 7th place. Dariusz Swiderski behind him.
Lap 82 – Three laps to go.
Lap 85 – Race is over. What a race again.. Time for a beer and a talk. We could have won this race if we did not choose wets.

Tough race at the warm fast Daytona track!

Lucas Degen — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:37:47 +0000

This was the hardest race so far this season. Starting 6th and 12th. It’s close racing at Daytona.

Lap 3 - Marcin Skrzypczak pushed of twice, one by a Dutch Flyer. Peter Duivelaar 5th fighting hard in a 5 car train for 4th place with Ben Tusting.

Lap 7 – Peter Duivelaar 6th, Marcin Skrzypczak 12th. Peter overtaking Robin Johansson on the straight thanks to the slipstream Peter dogfighting Martijn van Bommel.

Lap 9 – Peter Duivelaar overtaking Martijn van Bommel on the straight.

Lap 11 – Peter Duivelaar boardradio: “There are clouds forming around the track.” Black clouds above the track.

Lap 14 – Rain rain rain, cars sliding around the track. Hard fight for second place. Four drivers: Risto, Ben, Jesper and Peter.

Lap 16 – Risto Kappet on the gras. What a fight! Peter stay cool.

Lap 17 – Leading in the pit, Risto Kappet in the pit, Peter Duivelaar in the lead.

Lap 19 – Marcin Skrzypczak behind Gregory Degreef fighting for P5.

Lap 20 – Martijn van Bommel second. Peter Duivelaar leading.

Lap 23 – Martijn van Bommel sliding in the chicane, giving more air for Peter. Jesper Taulborg overtaking. Marcin sharing paint with Gergory.

Lap 24 – Marcin Skrzypczak pitting!

Lap 24 – Peter Duivelaar pitting! Robin Johansson leading the race.

Lap 26 – Marcin Skrzypczak engine heating up. Not looking good from looking at the telemetry at the pitbox.

Lap 28 – Peter Duivelaar in 6th place, Marcin Skrzypczak in 9th position. Track seems dry again. Mike Simian for Flat Out Racing is leading for the moment. Risto Kappet in second place, Robin Johansson in third.

Lap 32 – Peter Duivelaar 3th! Marcin Skrzypczak 7th, approximately about 19 laps to go.

Lap 34 – Peter Duivelaar leading the race with a 3.850 gap, Marcin Skrzypczak fought his way up to 4th place. Keep it up. Hope the tires and engine will hold till the end.

Lap 35 – Jesper Taulborg closing in on Peter Duivelaar, Peter got a gap of 1.532. Peter’s engine heating up. Gotta let Jesper pass.

Lap 37 – Jesper leading the race. Marcin in trouble. Peter overtaking Jesper! Marcin lost 10 seconds; spinning in the chicane. Rain is coming back. Good for the engines.

Lap 38 – Marcin Skrzypczak & Peter Duivelaar fighting for there live Peter leading, fighting Jesper Taulborg gap: +0.175. Jesper is dogfighting al the time. Marcin Skrzypczak having trouble with the car but stil in fourth position. Wil the rain come back?

Lap 41 – Ten laps to go? Rain is more than welcome, what a race so far. Starting 6th and 12th, this is looking very good. The Flat Out team: 8th and 15th. Good for our championship position. But we’re not there yet. Fingers crossed.

Lap 43 – Peter Duivelaar leading the race, crossing the start-finish line by +0.075! Peter under heavy pressure of Jesper Taulborg.

Lap 44 – Jesper Taulborg and Peter Duivelaar having a fair fight. Respect. Young guys and keeping the head cool. Professional drivers.

Lap 45 – There is complete sillence on our team radio.. Peter Duivelaar is holding well. Back marker coming up. 5 minutes to go.. Peters engine heating up…

Lap 47 – Jesper on the grass at the chicane.. But Jesper is on Peter’s tail again.. This is a classic race already.. Just like Mansell and Senna on Monaco in 1992 ..

Lap 48 – I can not look anymore.. it’s to much. Jesper is everywhere! Left right. 2.3 minutes to go… Is this the last lap?!

Lap 49 – Peter is the iceman… how can he hold Jesper like this? Peter Duivelaars and Marcin Skrzypczak engine are about to die.. Jesper overtaking Peter… Half a lap to go…

Lap 50 - Peter Duivelaar spinning in the chicane.. Van Bommel overtaking? Peter second Marcin 4th.

0.07 of a second over the finish some engine blows on the finish line! Peter Duivelaars and Marcin Skrzypczak engine was at 0% on the finish line.

The first STC win for RPM in 2011

Lucas Degen — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:54:50 +0000

With Marcin Skrzypczak on pole and Rami Kaukola starting next in second place, RPM was back in front line after last weeks 3th and 5th.

Marcin Skrzypczak and Rami Kaukola had a good start and could hold there pace.

Rami Kaukola was fighting for his position with Kevin Clark for most of the race. On lap 19 Rami Kaukola pitted for his first and only pitstop while Kevin Clark decided to do the same and followed Rami Kaukola.

On lap 39 Rami Kaukola was fighting with his tyres and decided to pit in lap 40 with Marcin Skrzypczak. Robin Johansson took the lead. After coming out Kevin Clark took second, putting Marcin Skrzypczak in third.

Marcin Skrzypczak and Rami Kaukola fighting Kevin Clark and Robin Johansson. Lap 48 Kevin Clark stop and go.
On lap 58 Rami took the lead. (These were NO teamorders).

On the last lap Marcin’s game frooz and Rami’s game went to his desktop..
So happy to be first and second.

Great race, well done by Rami Kaukola & Marcin Skrzypczak.